According to Lin Dong's previous thoughts, the spirit stone fan should be used as a sharp weapon, taking advantage of the arrival of summer, to lure diners to Lin Ji Inn in one fell swoop.

Now, the plan can't catch up with the changes, the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce have not been settled so far, and the number of diners in the inn has reached a lot, but the more it increases, the more fierce the loss.

If the spirit stone fan was really to be launched at this time, Lin Dong believed that the number of guests on the second floor with more than 150 tables per day would immediately surge to nearly 300 tables in a short period of time, and the consumption of diners per table would also have to increase desperately.

One hundred and fifty tables will have to lose more than five hundred taels of silver every day, and it will really surge to three hundred tables, and the consumption of wine and food will also increase greatly in order to get the spirit stone fan, and the loss may be more than two thousand taels a day, and it will be sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver a month.

This loss, with the financial resources of Lin Kee Inn, is no problem for a few months. But after you get over, you have to go and ask for food.

There was no way, although he hated Fenglin Restaurant so much, Lin Dong still had to temporarily let go of this rare opportunity to increase diners. Fortunately, it is the same to leave the spirit stone fan until next summer to launch it, and if you miss a year, you can only blame yourself for not having the ability to deal with Fenglin Restaurant.

The spirit stone fan has been done, and next, with Lin Dong's plan, it is the spirit stone warmer.

In the Han Kingdom, whether it is a high-ranking official or a large family, there are only two ways to keep warm, one is to warm the kang, and the other is to make a brazier. The difference is only in the people's homes, and the kang is just digging a big pit under the bed and burning charcoal. The easiest thing to do is to take an iron brazier and burn charcoal in it. Larger households are a little more complicated, and the quality of the charcoal is also higher, so not only is the fire more powerful, the temperature can be maintained for a longer time, and many unpleasant odors and smoke stains can be reduced in the room.

The dignitaries and nobles are a little better, they use charcoal whose volume can be equivalent to silver, this charcoal, smokeless and tasteless, long-lasting firepower, 180 square meters of room, 180 taels of silver every day, enough to keep warm as spring all day long.

If the spirit stone heater can be successfully developed, Lin Dong believes that to keep one hundred and eighty square meters warm as spring, the spiritual energy contained in a spirit stone is enough to support a winter, that is to say, the effect is the same, but the consumption is only nearly one-ten-thousandth of that of high-ranking officials and nobles.

This consumption is very cheap for large households, even ordinary people, who open for a few hours a day, are also within the acceptable range. If the cost of the spirit stone heater is low enough, it can even be extended to the entire Han Kingdom.

Of course, if it is built purely by blacksmiths, the cost cannot be lowered. As far as Lin Dong knew, the cost of a spirit stone fan, not to mention that in order to win over the blacksmith of the inn, he offered a sky-high price of 100 taels of silver per month. Even if it is an ordinary blacksmith, the cost is as high as twenty taels of silver, and it takes more than ten days for more than a dozen people to work together to build one.

If you want to significantly reduce the cost, you can only make molds and then mass produce them.

If a mold can be made, it means that it is only necessary to pour molten iron and then assemble it. The only trouble was the lack of sufficiently loyal blacksmiths.

The mechanism that stimulates the spiritual energy to escape from the spirit stone and transform it into power can only be created by a loyal blacksmith himself, otherwise, it is very easy to be imitated by other mechanics.

Fortunately, with the dozen or so blacksmiths in the inn, just by creating these mechanisms, they can also support the consumption of the spirit stone fan in the Lin Ji Inn. When there are more and more branches of the inn, in addition to selecting shopkeepers and guards, among the gangsters who are completely loyal to the inn, they should also be able to find some people who are willing to be blacksmiths, and it will not be a problem to support Lin Kee Inn.

As for whether it can be promoted on a large scale and want to protect its own interests, it can only temporarily dispel the idea of benefiting the people.

After thinking about it for a moment in the room, Lin Dong went out and decided to talk to Ma Chun.

In any case, just by implementing it in the inn, the cost of the spirit stone fan must also be reduced, and it is imperative to make molds. These molds are not afraid of being copied, so they naturally do not need to be kept secret, and the demand for inns alone in the future is not small, and it is also essential to build an auxiliary factory outside.

Before arriving at the lobby, Ma Chun rushed over with an anxious face.

Lin Dong smiled bitterly, as soon as he saw this expression, he knew that there must be nothing good.

"Shopkeeper, something is wrong." Sure enough, as soon as Ma Chun saw Lin Dong, he hurriedly said: "The price of spirit beast spirit materials has risen sharply. ”

"Why?" Lin Dong frowned.

"Fenglin Restaurant began to release words early this morning, and all the spirit beasts and spiritual materials that can be used as ingredients will be purchased at double the price in three days." Ma Chun gritted his teeth and said, "His grandmother's, Fenglin Restaurant, this is crazy." ”

Lin Dong was shocked in his heart, and immediately smiled bitterly, Fenglin Restaurant is not crazy, this is leading the major restaurants into the abyss.

A plate of first-order scale beasts, even if you don't consider the wages and condiment wood, the cost is three hundred yuan per plate. Originally, most of the prices of major restaurants were one or two pieces of silver, but now they are discounted, which is equivalent to only one hundred dollars per plate.

The other spirit beasts and spiritual materials also looked similar to this.

That is to say, two taels of silver per table of wine and food, even if they are all highly profitable scale beasts or other spirit beast spiritual materials, the major restaurants will have to lose four taels of silver for one table.

If the cost of the scaly beast doubles in one go, one plate is equivalent to a loss of five hundred yuan, two taels of silver for wine and food, and the loss will reach five taels of silver. Compared to before, it is a full five times more thanks to one and a half times.

With the current level of loss of the Lin Ji Inn, the loss of five hundred taels of silver in one day suddenly increased by 12,300 taels of silver.

Not long ago, I thought that I couldn't launch the spirit stone fan, otherwise the number of diners would increase, and the more I would lose. Now it's okay, Fenglin Restaurant has played such a game, the number of diners has not increased, and the silver has also doubled the loss.

"Shopkeeper, what should we do?" Ma Chun asked.

Lin Dong hesitated for a moment and asked rhetorically, "What do you think should be done?" ”

Ma Chun was stunned, thought about it carefully, gritted his teeth and said: "Of course, it is to increase the price of purchasing spiritual materials and spirit beasts, without spiritual materials and spirit beasts, the second floor of our inn will not be able to open." Fortunately, the Chamber of Commerce only has to draft the candidate for the president of the Supervision Yuan, and more than half a month has passed, so there should be only a few days left. ”

Lin Dong was silent, this should be the most normal idea of all big restaurants, and the only way to continue to run the restaurant.

After thinking carefully for a moment, under Ma Chun's impatient gaze, Lin Dong resolutely said: "Go to the guest restaurant, tell Boss Wang, let him not follow and raise the purchase price of the spirit beast spirit material, we will provide it to him at the original price." ”

Ma Chun was puzzled: "Most of the plantations and enclosures of the Gu Huan Sect are seedlings and cubs, where did we get the spirit beast spirit materials to provide to the guest restaurant?" ”

"Don't forget our relationship with the Gu Huan Sect." Lin Dong explained: "Tell Sect Master Xiao later, let him write a letter, you rush to the Gu Huan Sect from the transportation gate, and let the Gu Huan Sect disciples who stayed in Gu Huan Mountain help collect spirit materials and spirit beasts everywhere." ”

Ma Chun slapped his thigh and said happily: "That's right! How did I forget this. The disciples of the Gu Huan Sect were no better than ordinary hunters, they were strong, and they were faster at hunting spirit beasts and picking spirit materials. We can even take advantage of this price increase to make a lot of money. ”

"Don't even think about making a big profit." Lin Dong waved his hand and said, "Tell Boss Wang, let him increase the price of the restaurant's wine and food by another 10%, and we will also follow suit." ”

"Raise the price?" Ma Chun was stunned and said, "If you do this, the business of our two families will have to drop significantly." ”

"Keep about eighty tables! The price of spirit beast spirit materials is desperately rising, and the number of hunters who go to the mountain will also increase, and there are not many disciples left behind in the Gu Huan Sect, and they can only support this consumption. ”

Seeing that Ma Chun wanted to speak and stopped, Lin Dong smiled bitterly: "Do you really think that the news of the Chamber of Commerce will be able to raise eyebrows in ten days?" ”

"Is it more than ten days?" Ma Chun was confused.

"Wait and see! Three or five months can stop is fast. Lin Dong said casually.

"Three or five months?" Ma Chun was surprised: "Does the shopkeeper think that all this is deliberately dragging us in Fenglin Restaurant?" Let's fight with it day by day? But...... No matter how rich the Fenglin Restaurant is, it shouldn't be able to affect the imperial court, right? After all, this chamber of commerce is also related to other industries, and the big businessmen from all walks of life should hope that the chamber of commerce will be implemented as soon as possible. ”

"Who knows the bullshit of the imperial court, maybe it has something to do with the fight for the throne, anyway, it won't be over in three or five months." Lin Dong said helplessly.

Ma Chun's eyes widened in shock, swallowed heavily, and said tremblingly: "If it really drags on for three or five months, the price of this spirit beast spirit material will probably push higher and higher, and when the time comes, isn't it possible for a family to lose tens of thousands of taels of silver every day?" ”

Lin Dong nodded slowly.

Ma Chun couldn't help but swallow his saliva again, and said with a look of regret: "If only we had planned to build a plantation and enclosure in Guhuan Mountain for a few years, take this opportunity to open an inn, and in one breath, we can become a well-known rich man in Lingnan County." ”

Lin Dong was speechless, he was glad that there were only two Lin Ji Inns, if there were enough loyal subordinates, one hundred and eighty would be opened in one go, and they would all have to go out of business at this time. However, if there are many inns, there are also many small vegetable gardens, and in turn, a spirit stone can double the time, and the spiritual materials above the sixth order can be achieved without losing money, and if a large number of high-level spiritual materials are grown, although a place like Autumn Wind City cannot afford to consume, it is also a huge income to take advantage of the big price increase to transport it to the capital or the capital.

"Shopkeeper, if it's three or five months." Ma Chun suddenly said cautiously: "Even if the cost of our spirit beast spirit materials is not affected, the daily loss is not a small amount, is it that the surname Suo changed the business on the second floor to ordinary wine and food?" After this limelight, let's change it back? ”

Lin Dong shook his head, in this way, the number of diners supporting the sixth level is enough, but once Lin Ji Inn fades out of the sight of the big households, wait until Fenglin Restaurant cultivates a large number of regular customers. Trying to bring people back is not only time-consuming but also more costly, and it will also affect the future expansion of the inn.

Ma Chun sighed and said hatefully: "This damn Fenglin Restaurant, I don't know how they came up with such a show, a broken guild chamber of commerce news, actually forced us to be like this." ”

Lin Dong was irritable and discouraged for no reason, he really couldn't figure out how Emperor Qianwei would allow the Chamber of Commerce to develop into this appearance. If Fu Chunjian is not wrong, Emperor Qianwei is now completely in control of the government and the opposition, and he is full of thoughts about being a Ming Jun.

If this is the case, the guild will already be vetoed by him as soon as it comes out, and Lin Ji Inn will not be led around by the nose.

Relying on VIP cards, vitality beef balls and vitality balls, plus Lingshi fans, without the Chamber of Commerce, Lin Ji Inn can at least be on par with Fenglin Restaurant now.

(To be continued)